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...﻿Steven Pinkerton
Sports and Film
May 30, 2014
In the great “Rocky” series, RockyIV follows suit in the entertainment, drama and action columns, and yet again Sylvester Stallone pleases the crowd in this boxing thriller. RockyIV delivers suspense, drama, a personal story line, which enables the viewer to relate to Rocky, action, and intense workout and boxing scenes. Sylvester Stallone is able to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat yet again in this third sequel. The film’s plot gets intriguing in the opening scenes and remains on that path with a combination of factors: Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed becoming close friends, then the death of Apollo by the hands of the Soviet Union machine-like Drago in an exhibition match, only to have Rocky and the Russian boxer square off in the climax of the movie in Moscow are all reasons that lead me to give this movie a 4 ½ out of 5 possible stars.
Sylvester Stallone does a great job not only acting in this movie but also directing it. The notion that I will focus and draw examples on is the idea of nationalism as portrayed in this film. Throughout the entire movie it is made evident that America is the dominant force, even from the beginning credits when two boxing gloves come into the screen: one with the United States flag and the other with the Soviet Union flag; and then in an instant, the gloves crash...

...character and the effects of setting, which is commonly portrayed in Art cinema, or focusing on the realistic daily struggles of a person, which is commonly portrayed in Neorealist cinema. Rocky I however combines these three traditions in order to make an engaging, lifelike film. Rocky I exemplifies an engaging, goal oriented character, a realistic setting, as the entire film is shot on site in the city of Philadelphia, and a genuine display of real world hardships. This film uniquely combines the traditions of classical Hollywood, Neorealism, and Art into one piece that allows viewers to experience a highly engaging and very relatable film. Beginning with a goal oriented character in Rocky Balboa, the Classical Hollywood underdog story takes shape. Throughout the entire film viewers are exposed to the tradition of Art cinema, with a great portrayal of the tough, not so welcoming streets of inner city Philadelphia and complex characters, such as Rocky and his girlfriend Adrian. This element displays the mental struggles of Rocky and gives us insight to his background. Viewers are also exposed to Neorealist cinema, with a display of the everyday hardships that a local Philadelphia man faces as he struggles to find work as well as a purpose to his life. This element displays the physical struggles that Rocky goes through each day. The combination of the traditions of Classical Hollywood,...

...Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa is the fictional boxer created and played by Sylvester Stallone in the film Rocky. Rocky was a tremendous hit, winning the Academy Award as best picture. It’s a sequel of six movies.
Rocky was born on July 7, 1948, .he quit school after the ninth grade. Up to 1975, Balboa was living in the slums of Kensington, Philadelphia. A small-time boxer who seems to be going nowhere in life, as he works day-in and day-out as a collector for a loan shark and fights in run down clubs for a low-paid reward, to which Rocky is mocked and told that he's nothing but a bum. But when heavyweight champion of the world Apollo Creed chooses Rocky at random as his opponent in a title fight, Rocky realizes he now has the chance to prove he is not worthless. Soon after proving himself, even with a split decision loss to Apollo, Rocky expects the good life to follow. He marries Adrian and begins spending the money he earned from the match. But after he fails at both endorsements and a series of low-wage jobs, Rocky realizes the only way he can survive is to begin boxing again. Apollo, on the other hand faces criticism from fans to overcome the fight. As a result, he taunts Rocky into a rematch, for which Rocky trains once again. In the fifteenth round, Rocky knocks Apollo to the ground....

...﻿The Rocky Road to Success
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, a man who has walked down a tough road but never gave up on his goals. He was overlooked at the beginning but now he overlooks Lake Tahoe in his large house. Even though it looked bleak at first Stallone kept with it and ended up changing American views, the movie industry, and also he showed us that “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
Sylvester Stallone’s birth wasn’t the easiest operation for a doctor. On July 6th, 1947, Stallone was pulled from his mother, Jackie Stallone’s womb by the doctor’s forceps which ended up severing a facial nerve. This paralyzed the lower left half of his face, which gave him his iconic look and slightly slurred speech today. Young Sylvester Stallone was born into a troubled marriage, for his first five years he lived in the infamous Hell’s Kitchen going to-and-from assorted foster homes. Eventually his parents got their act together and they were all reunited as a family. Due to Stallone’s birth accident, his face and speech made him an outcast in school, which in turn led to multiple fights and poor grades. His father and mother got divorced when Stallone was eleven and soon after, he was sent to a school for “troubled kids”. He moved to Philadelphia where he attended Notre Dame Academy and Lincoln High School which is where he first started acting and was also a football player.
After high school Sylvester Stallone went to instruct at the American...

...many years. "Rocky Balboa continually re-invents the American Dream" (Kirkland). He reinvents the American Dream by accomplishing things people seem to think are impossible. Since every person has the opportunity to succeed and achieve this American Dream, our country has been called the land of opportunity. Rocky tremendously demonstrates a person who has attained this dream. Against all odds Rocky obtains the American Dream by using qualities society deems necessary.
In the movie Rocky obtains the American Dream. He attains fame and money, knowledge and love and his one passion in life boxing. Rocky obtains fame and money through his boxing career. Early on in his career he was an unknown fighter and fought in bars for barely enough money to live. After years of bar fights he was given his big shot at the Heavy Weight Title. Apollo Creed, the current Heavy Weight Champion, wanted to give an unknown a shot at the title and Rocky was the lucky candidate. He fought Apollo creed and lost by a decision, but it was extremely unclear who actually won the fight. After the fight people had doubts that Apollo had actually won. This doubting public drove Apollo to a rematch with Rocky. Rocky was hesitant at first, but after some convincing he decided to fight Apollo. In the rematch, Rocky defeated Apollo. He defeated Apollo against all...

...« 10th March 2006
« Rocky (PG)
« Running time= 115 Minutes
« Year Made= 1976
« Author= Unknown
« Director= John G Avildsen
« Producer= Irwin Winkler
ROCKY- Sylvester Stallone
MICKEY- Burgess Meredith
APOLLO- Carl Weathers
Plot Summary:
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere in his boxing career and even his life. As fate would have it, Rocky is chosen by The Heavyweight Champion of the World, Apollo Creed to fight for the World title. Rocky realizes that this is an opportunity to change from a ¡¥nobody¡¦ to a ¡¥somebody¡¦. Rocky is determined and goes into hard training and is managed by Mickey
Discussion of how the material relates to the issue Changing Self:
Rocky is a boxer who fights against random fighters who aren¡¦t recognized by anyone. Rocky is given the chance to prove himself. It will take hard training, focus, and determination to win this nearly impossible fight against Heavyweight Champion of the World, Apollo Creed. By the end of the movie ¡§Rocky,¡¨ ¡¥World Recognition¡¦ is taken into effect.
Review of the quality or merit of the text:
This is a personal favorite of mine. The film has many effects on the audience both emotionally and physically. This movie is great as it has no ¡¥sexual content¡¦ or ¡¥course language.¡¦ Therefore the movie is able to be watched and...

...Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa believes that what is right should always be given to who deserves it. In this speech with the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission (audience) he is turned down the right to get his boxer licenses back (purpose) even though every test they put him through he passed with flying colors. He expresses his disgust of being turned down due to his age by using pathos (emotions), ethos (credibility), and logos (logic).
The Commission chair informed Rocky that “The medical advisory board has informed them that the battery of test to which you have been subjected—you have passed these test with flying colors and we congratulate you for that.” In them stating this the logical thing would be to award Rocky his license back, but they later state, “However, this Commission, in good conscience, cannot recommend you for a license, and we therefore deny your application.” Rocky replies “Didn’t I do what you asked?” The Commission Representative replied, “Yes, yes you did.” Balboa asked, “So I should get my license, right?” Rocky get frustrated and almost leaves until he states, “Yo, don’t I got some rights?” He is referring to the Bill of Right. He used ethos (credibility) to come back at the Commission chair for their decision. As the conversation goes on Rocky breaks out into a speech and his voice is quiet persuasive with his words and ideas. As he reaches his...

...last episode of movie series “Rocky”
1 Introduction
This seminar paper deals with one of the most famous and memorable movie scenes of the movie called “Rocky Balboa” which is the sixth and the last episode of movie series known as “Rocky”. “Rocky” is a boxing saga and all the movies are starring and are actually written by Sylvester Stallone. This movie was released in 2006. The scene in short video presents conversation between two characters named Rocky and Robert Jr., who are in the relationship of father and son. Transcript of the movie scene will be used for this analysis as well.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the chosen scene with the focus on different linguistic segments which are interrelated. This analysis will be based on knowledge acquired from the Stylistic course.
2 Data and Method
For this seminar paper I chose this particular movie scene because of the message that is conveyed through this scene and because I believed it would be very linguistically interesting for such analysis. Part of the whole conversation which is depicted in the scene presents highly motivational and inspirational speech of the movie protagonist. “Rocky Balboa” is the sixth highest grossing movie about boxing and it was also rated as the most successful starring role of Sylvester Stallone since 1993. I personally believe that this scene contributes to the overall success of the movie and...